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Sunday, March 15, 2015

A Great Wearable Muslin Jacket - Butterick 5926.

I want to make a fleecy jacket (sweatshirt fleecy in the U.S., tracksuit fleecy here ) for smart casual wear for the cooler months.

The pattern I think would work for this is Butterick 5926:

This is a simple, unlined jacket sized for knits. It has a centre back seam and front darts, and one piece sleeves:

Two lengths with patch pockets and two sleeve lengths. I chose the shorter jacket, with long sleeves. I rummaged through the stash and found this piece of knit, a polyester/nylon rib knit that I didn't like (I'm not a polyester person) purchased on one of Spotlight's special buy tables for $5.00 a metre. I thought it would be ideal for trialing this jacket:

First I made a quick muslin - even fabrics I don't like and am going to make into a test/muslin garment get a quick fitting muslin:

I cut size 10 for most of the garment, with size 12 through the sides as I found that the jacket was just too fitted for my mid section. The darts were fine, the waist needed to be raised - which I did just by changing the shape of the jacket to more of an A-line from the point where my waist was. I also took in the shoulder by half an inch. I shortened the sleeves along the lower L/S line by one inch/2 cm approx. I was unsure where the elbow dart would end ; in the finished garment it looked low but when I bent my elbow was in the right place.

Then I made my trial jacket, which made up quickly and easily. I do not like sewing with knits, but this fabric was a dream to sew. I interfaced the facings and collars with a lightweight stretch interfacing:

I topstitched all edges about 1 cm in - I liked the defined chunkiness of this amount as it went with the textured rib pattern:

I made a small mistake cutting the jacket and did not properly align my stripes on the jacket fronts, which didn't matter because I realised my mistake and did cut the facings properly. But it did mean that if I cut the pockets with the stripes running down, the mistake would be obvious. So I cut them horizontally instead, which actually looks really good:

I decided to close the jacket with snaps and then put a button on the side you expect the button. I can do good buttonholes on knits ( I have my own way of stabilising the inside of the buttonhole which I will teach you one day). The snaps and buttons do line up, but I didn't do a good job of aligning them when dressing my dummy:

The inside was just overlocked, hem overlocked and turned up. Hard to see on black, of course:

Now for pictures of moi wearing the jacket:

I hate the standing still poses, especially the showing you the back shots, because in real life, you actually move and clothes look quite different:

So, that is my new wearable muslin jacket, made out of a fabric I do not like. Strangely, I now like this jacket a lot, and am already wearing it. It has a bit of warmth for wearing in air-condititoning or cooler days, and it is comfortable. So from a fabric in my stash that I did not like to a jacket in my wardrobe I love.

Sewing doesn't get much better than that!

I love this little pattern and it will go into my will make again TNT's. I think this will make a great alternative to cardigans - I can see many versions in all sorts of different knits.

But first, the fleece jacket, as planned....and which I hope to show you soon :)

That looks so good Sarah Liz, and you whipped it up in no time! I love how you pose to show off the garments. Maybe one day you could give us some tips on how to do this. I really have no idea how to stand for such pics.

This jacket looks really good on you. It looks like a versatile jacket that you can wear with lots of things. I like all the details you put into jacket,e.g. the horizontal stripes for the pockets. Great job!

A great comfy jacket that looks really smart. I like what you say about clothes looking different when they are moving. I often think that when I see some things walking around... I bet it looked ok when they were standing still, but it looks bad when it's moving!

It looks really great -- it is also a winner when it becomes a TNT. The fabric was such a good choice with the cut of the jacket. I bet you will get a lot of wear out of this especially in the coming autumn.

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